Common Sense Study Finds 16M Teachers, Students Lack Adequate Internet
About 15 million to 16 million public school students, or 30%, live in households either without adequate internet connections or a device for distance-learning at home, and about 9 million students have neither, reported Common Sense and Boston Consulting. They…
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also estimated Monday that 300,000 to 400,000 K-12 teachers live in households without adequate internet connectivity, about 10 percent. The study said it would cost $7 billion-$12 billion to close these groups' digital divide. "The #homeworkgap is the cruelest part of our digital divide," FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel tweeted, regarding the report.